Limiting sugar before age of two ‘linked to lower risk of dementia’ | dpa international
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New research suggests that children under two who are given less sugar have about a fifth lower dementia risk. Does cutting sugar that early protect the brain or is the study picking up another hidden factor?
  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    There is a strong correlation between diabetes and dementia. Known for decades.

    Glucose metabolism is a lazy inefficient way to make ATP, with toxic metabolic products seen to damage brain DNA.